the riot act to speaker boehner and congressional republicans for not moving fast enough on hurricane sandy relief, he is showing an independence there that the people of his state really, really love. and of course politics are involved here because at 74% for a guy who's up for re-election in november is wonderful. but. >> but the point is, krystal, chris christie does not represent the affect of any of the republicans in the house or the senate. this is a man who actually does try to work with the president. >> that's right. >> and yet at this very moment we're talking about sequester and there's gridlock. >> that's exactly right. and because he is a governor, he doesn't have to be tied to the national party in the way that most members of the house and senate, all members of the house and senate really have to be. and i think not only republicans, but democrats have really appreciated how he seems like he's actually saying what he thinks. and when you see the way that he's fighting for his state, you think, you know what, if that's a guy, if i had to have someone in my corner fighting f